how to use mingw as my cpp compiler

[LiYuanqg]

I've not installed msvc yet, so when i compile the code, I get the following error.

how to use mingw as my cpp compiler instead of msvc in windows ???

[meteorcloudy]

See

bazel/src/test/shell/bazel/bazel_windows_example_test.sh

Lines 155 to 164 in f6cb2fb

	function test_cpp_with_mingw_gcc() {
	local cpp_pkg=examples/cpp
	( # /mingw64/bin should be in PATH because during runtime the built binary
	# depends on some dynamic libraries in this directory.
	export PATH="/mingw64/bin:$PATH"
	assert_build_output \
	./bazel-bin/${cpp_pkg}/libhello-lib.a ${cpp_pkg}:hello-world \
	--extra_toolchains=@local_config_cc//:cc-toolchain-x64_windows_mingw \
	--extra_execution_platforms=//platforms:x64_windows-mingw-gcc \
	--compiler=mingw-gcc --experimental_strict_action_env